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- PROGRAM NAME: Fdate.PRG
-
- DESCRIPTION: Formats date variables to character strings.
-
- ISSUE: March, 1985
- PAGE: D3-3
-
- SOFTWARE VERSIONS: dBASE III, versions 1.0, 1.1
-
- FUNCTION: This program will take date variables and convert them
- to character variables with one of the following formats:
-
- 1. Mon DD, YYYY ( Dec 1, 1985 )
- 2. Mon YYYY ( Dec 1985 )
- 3. Mon DD ( Dec 1 )
- 4. Month DD, YYYY ( December 1, 1985 )
- 5. DD-Mon-YYYY ( 1-Dec-1985 )
-
- It is set up as a PROCEDURE which takes three variables:
- inv_date, which is the date variable to format; a number for the
- format code; and finv_date, which is the character variable to
- receive the formatted date. These correspond to date, code, and
- datestrg in the PARAMETERS statement of Fdate.PRG.
-
- FILES NEEDED: Fdate.PRG
-
- SETUP INSTRUCTIONS: Call Fdate with the following syntax:
-
- STORE " " TO finv_date
- DO Fdate with inv_date, 5, finv_date
-
- In this example, 5 is the numeric code which determines the
- format of the output, so the resulting character string will look
- like 1-Dec-1985.
-